Article
Throwing the baby out with the bath water — response to the Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services (SBU) report on traumatic shaking
Pediatric Radiology
(2017)
Abstract
The recent publication by Lynøe et al. provides an opportunity to debate the diagnosis of abusive head trauma in scientific journals instead of behind the (often closed) doors of the courtroom. The Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services (SBU) report casts doubt on the quality of the evidence of shaken baby syndrome, is cited in the French Wikipedia and has already been cited in court. The new report raises major medical concern because it may already have disrupted efforts to protect vulnerable children. Shaking is repeated in more than half of reported cases of abusive head trauma, and more than one child in the same family or household may be injured by the same perpetrator(s) in these cases.
Keywords
- Child Abuse,
- Children,
- Fractures,
- Infants,
- Metabolic bone disease,
- Non-accidental trauma,
- Radiography,
- Rickets,
- Vitamin D
Disciplines
Publication Date
2017
Citation Information
Joelle Anne Moreno, Throwing the baby out with the bath water — response to the Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services (SBU) report on traumatic shaking, 47 Pediatric Radiology 1386 (2017).